Premium Members Peter Abraham Posted December 29, 2014 Premium Members Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Sometime in the last year, I loaned out my Tri Ax cable made with silicone jacketing. Very rare, impossible to replace since it was a one- time run for Cinema Products. If you've got it, please PM me or email me at: peter@steadicamproductionservices.com I need it back ! Best Peter Abraham, S.O.C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Peter Abraham Posted January 6, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Nothing? Damn.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Janice Arthur Posted January 6, 2015 Moderators Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Peter; Just an idea but search "triax" on your email account and see what comes up? Most likely you had some email or text discussion with someone. Good luck. Janice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted January 7, 2015 Moderators Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Come on people; this was not a book lent out! We help people and then when we need it, we are screwed. Peter, I don't have that fancy CP one, but I have the Tri-ax to BNC adapters if you want to borrow them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Peter Abraham Posted January 8, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Yeah I tried that Janice. No dice. Weird- I used to have an Excel spreadsheet that listed stuff I'd loaned out or borrowed, to whom, etc. That speadsheet is gone. I blame space aliens. Anyway, the search continues... Alec, thank you so much for the offer- and thanks to Claus who offered the same kit with light cables to connect through ! I've got those Kings Triax to Coax barrels, but some Engineers in some studios refuse to allow the use of them. Hence the desire to get ahold of that genuine Triax cable. Back in the day, Cinema Products paid for a one-off run of this. When the spool was finally used up, the decision was made not to have another done. There is zero identifiers of any kind on this cable ( on purpose, I think that C.P. wanted to keep the monopoly on it ). Pity. It's sheathed in thin silicone and is quite the limp light thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JimBartell Posted January 8, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Back in the day, Cinema Products paid for a one-off run of this. When the spool was finally used up, the decision was made not to have another done. There is zero identifiers of any kind on this cable ( on purpose, I think that C.P. wanted to keep the monopoly on it ). Pity. It's sheathed in thin silicone and is quite the limp light thing. Hi Peter, Ah, yes, I remember it well. I was the engineer in charge of getting that cable made. We went through several iterations with the manufacturer before we got what we wanted. Along the the silicone insulation the center conductor was stranded cadmium. Much more flexible that stranded copper. I doubt there was anything else like it ever made. Nice to see it was appreciated. Jim Bartell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted January 9, 2015 Moderators Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Peter, seriously, when "that guy" says you can't use it, you need to say "OK, I won't but I'm leaving and YOU can explain to the director and producer why there is no Steadicam here." Anyone who has ever worked with me will tell you how nice and accommodating I am, but a couple of times in my career I've had bullies try and pull stuff like that on me and then I'm less nice (cough, cough). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Alan Rencher Posted January 9, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hi Peter, Ah, yes, I remember it well. I was the engineer in charge of getting that cable made. We went through several iterations with the manufacturer before we got what we wanted. Along the the silicone insulation the center conductor was stranded cadmium. Much more flexible that stranded copper. I doubt there was anything else like it ever made. Nice to see it was appreciated. Jim Bartell Hey Jim, any chance the manufacturer might still have a part number the that custom spool that other people could use to bring it back to life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Peter Abraham Posted January 9, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Peter, seriously, when "that guy" says you can't use it, you need to say "OK, I won't but I'm leaving and YOU can explain to the director and producer why there is no Steadicam here." Anyone who has ever worked with me will tell you how nice and accommodating I am, but a couple of times in my career I've had bullies try and pull stuff like that on me and then I'm less nice (cough, cough). Trying to imagine you less nice is a little bit like trying to imagine Ron less sexy. C'est impossible. Seriously? I've really battled with Engineers about the use of the adaptors. I almost always won. To be clear for those not overly familiar, the concern on the part of Engineering is this. There's 165 VDC running down that Triax. Enough amps to fire the camera body, output power for accessories and so on. When you use thin jumpers, you do risk having a crack appear in the cable between the inner core and shield. The inner core runs the 165V +. The shield runs the ground and camera telemetry. If a crack occurs, you risk being shocked. Killed? No. Getting a nice zotz? Yeah you bet. No biggie. But in this highly litigious environment, some house guys refuse to allow rather than risk a freelancer get a shock. My gear, my cables, my body. Therefore, my call. What is most fascinating about the response and safety concerns is that now that fiber cabled cameras are mostly the norm, and all of us carry fiber jumpers, those denials of use of our jumpers has just about disappeared. Those jumpers are professionally made and tested and are entirely safe. But fair to say, they're mighty thin !! Similarly to the old style Triax jumper cables, I trust these fiber jumpers day to day and never give the voltage a second thought. Jim? You nailed the design, as usual. That silicone cable was an incredible gift to those of us struggling with old-school Triax. Stranded cadmium? Remarkable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Alec Jarnagin SOC Posted January 9, 2015 Moderators Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 "Those jumpers are professionally made and tested and are entirely safe." Peter, glad to hear you usually won that argument. Those King BNC adapters are also made by a reputable and professional company. The super thing adapters from CP could have the same problem but you can't just swap out the cable because its soldered. I never understood them. You do have a good point about them being worried about safety, if that is indeed where the concern truly comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members AdamKeith Posted January 12, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Peter, I have a thin triax jumper with a right angle connector you can use - give me a ring. I will bring it to the studio - stop by and pick it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JimBartell Posted January 13, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hey Jim, any chance the manufacturer might still have a part number the that custom spool that other people could use to bring it back to life? Sorry, Alan, that was literally 20 years ago and all my notes got left behind when I left CPC. I do remember it was a custom run that they would only do if we ordered 1000' of it. As far as I know we got all they made. I don't even remember which company made it. Peter, I remember demonstrating that cable to you in our suite at The Hilton during ShowBiz East in '94(?) just before the big storm hit and shut down the city. I had told you in advance that we had a new ultra-flexible cable and you poo-pooed it as you had found some new flexible cable of your own. You picked up a piece of the cable by one end and it hung down as limp as a well-cooked spaghetti noodle. You just stared at it and, after a second or two, went "You win". I think we all won, my friend. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted January 13, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Peter, I remember demonstrating that cable to you in our suite at The Hilton during ShowBiz East in '94(?) just before the big storm hit and shut down the city. I remember that one. Was demoing for CP at that show. High-tailed in my car back to Boston well after most sane people considered the city shut down, like the wiseass I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members JimBartell Posted January 13, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 I remember that one. Was demoing for CP at that show. High-tailed in my car back to Boston well after most sane people considered the city shut down, like the wiseass I was. That's the one. No doubt your sense of self-esteem was over-inflated by the fact you had Garret Brown and Larry McConkey shlep your bags back to your car. It snowed so hard I was able to stand in the middle of Broadway and not see a car moving in either direction. Fourth largest snowfall in NYC history. It was January of 1996. I remember because I got the day off due to the snow and walked across the street to a theater and watched "12 Monkeys". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Charles Papert Posted January 13, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 There is so much more to that story Jim...I think I'll start a separate post since it has exactly nothing to with triax cable and poor Peter's thread has wandered so far off the tracks that it is lying on its back in a ditch behind the depot. Speaking of which: Peter, I have your triax, I have no use for it and I'm never giving it back. The end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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